Patents Examined by Riley Owen Stout
  • Patent number: 11245302
    Abstract: An electric pump apparatus includes a motor, an inverter board, a coil support, a housing, and a pump portion driven by the motor. Coils include first end portions and second end portions drawn out from the coils, the first end portion and the second end portion defining both end portions of each of conducting wires of the coils. The inverter board is on a first axial side of the motor. The coil support includes a neutral point busbar that electrically connects the coils to one another. The coil support includes a first region including the first end portions arranged therein, each first end portion being directly connected to the inverter board, and a second region including the second end portions and the neutral point busbar arranged therein, each second end portion being connected to the neutral point busbar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignees: NIDEC CORPORATION, NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Homma, Tomohiro Sakata, Susumu Maeda, Masato Aono, Takashi Hattori
  • Patent number: 11218057
    Abstract: An electric machine is described herein. The electric machine includes a casing, a stator, a rotor generally coaxial with the stator, an enclosed cooling assembly circulating a first cooling fluid within the casing, and an open cooling assembly through which a second cooling assembly can flow; the open cooling assembly cooling both the stator and the first cooling fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: DANA TM4 INC.
    Inventors: Eric Latulipe, Yannick Philibert, Jean-Philippe Dextraze, Martin Houle, Jean-Philippe Desbiens, Mathieu Lepage, Francois Dube
  • Patent number: 11218056
    Abstract: A first bearing box has, in one end face perpendicular to a direction along a rotor shaft and farther from a fan, an air outlet for air taken in through an air inlet to exit. A flow channel is defined between an outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical portion of the first bearing box continuous with the end face and a frame. A value obtained by dividing a distance between an outer periphery of blades in the fan and the air outlet by an outer radius of the blades is greater than or equal to a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuro Okubo, Hideo Terasawa
  • Patent number: 11218050
    Abstract: A motor stator includes a plurality of stacked annular stator laminates defining a stator core having a plurality of stator teeth on an inner diameter thereof, at least some of the plurality of stator laminates including a plurality of coolant openings therethrough. The plurality of coolant openings of adjacent stator laminates communicate with one another in order to define cooling channels inside the stator core. At least some of the plurality of stator laminates include the plurality of coolant openings including a plurality of generally circumferentially extending slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Yew Sum Leong, Srihari K. Gangaraj, Paramesh Chintala, Scott Vaubel
  • Patent number: 11211841
    Abstract: The present invention provides a motor shell, comprising a hollow metal shaft and a plastic shell, wherein the hollow metal shaft is fixedly connected to the plastic shell, and the connection between the hollow metal shaft and the plastic shell is one of injection molding connection, glue connection and interference connection. By using the motor shell according to the present invention, problems in the prior art such as low processing precision of the motor shaft, poor wiring structure, low structural strength, no limiting for the magnetic ring and tending to deform after loading are solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: GUILIN ZHISHEN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yilun Liao
  • Patent number: 11204038
    Abstract: Bobbins of an annular electromagnet each have a bobbin body that has a coil wire wound around an outer periphery thereof and is attached to a respective tooth of an annular stator core by having the corresponding tooth inserted therethrough. A first flange portion in a rectangular hallow shape is provided on an end surface of the bobbin body near the center of the annular stator core and a second flange portion in a rectangular hallow shape is provided on the other end surface of the bobbin body. A coil winding amount increasing means is formed at least on the first flange portion or the second flange portion and increases the amount of winding of the coil wire wound around the bobbin body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: EDWARDS JAPAN LIMITED
    Inventors: Yongwei Shi, Toom Miwata, Yoshiyuki Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 11196319
    Abstract: A driver cabinet structure includes an upper driver cabinet, a lower driver cabinet, a motor front-end cover and a motor brush rack plate, wherein the motor front-end cover is disposed on the lower driver cabinet; the motor front-end cover is provided with the motor brush rack plate thereon and screw holes on a lateral surface; the motor brush rack plate is provided with brush holders thereon and a through hole in the center; front and rear ends of each of the brush holders are both open and intercommunicated; a limit step is disposed in the through hole; lug bosses are disposed on the limit step; and the lower driver cabinet, the motor front-end cover, the motor brush rack plate and the brush holders are integrally formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: OKIN REFINED ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zuochao Lv, Chenjian Lei, Long Li, Minglong Lei, Haoxiang Zhu
  • Patent number: 11196310
    Abstract: Disclosed is a rotor for an electrical machine includes a rotor hub comprising a multifaceted surface extending along a perimeter of the rotor hub. Each facet of the multi-faceted surface may have a substantially planar surface. A plurality of permanent magnet assemblies is disposed circumferentially around the multifaceted surface. Each individual permanent magnet assembly of the plurality of permanent magnet assemblies is coupled to the substantially planar surface of a corresponding facet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Zunum Aero, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel M. Saban, Matthew Feddersen
  • Patent number: 11190071
    Abstract: An outer rotor type motor includes a rotating unit and a fixing unit. The rotating unit includes an inner surrounding wall surrounding a stationary shaft of the fixing unit and an outer surrounding wall surrounding the inner surrounding wall. A spool support is connected to the stationary shaft. Spools are connected to the spool support, surround the stationary shaft and are wound by windings. Outer magnetic members are disposed on the outer surrounding wall. Inner magnetic members are disposed on the inner surrounding wall. When the windings are energized, the inner and outer magnetic members are rotated about the stationary shaft so that the rotating unit is rotated relative to the fixing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventor: Kuo-Tsun Lin
  • Patent number: 11190078
    Abstract: A drive includes an electric motor, having a rotor shaft rotatably mounted in a motor housing by bearing(s), and a transmission, having a transmission housing including a housing part and a cover part connected together. A bayonet guide region is arranged on, and projects into a recess of, the housing part. An adapter flange is connected to the motor housing in a torsion-resistant manner and includes a lug region engageable behind the bayonet guide region. The recess is restricted in the circumferential direction by a holding fin provided on the housing part, extending from a bearing receptacle of the bearing of the input shaft of the transmission in the radial direction and is restricted counter to the circumferential direction by a further holding fin provided on the housing part, extending from a bearing receptacle of the bearing of the input shaft in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Roland Denefleh, Oliver Bühn, Henning Unterburg, Martin Kerschbaum
  • Patent number: 11177725
    Abstract: Provided is an IPM motor that is strong and has high output. An IPM motor has a rotor that includes a rotor core as a laminate of a plurality of metal foil pieces made of a soft magnetic material that are stacked in a direction of a rotation axis of the rotor. The rotor core has a plurality of through-holes that penetrates through the rotor core in the direction of the rotation axis, the plurality of through-holes including through-holes embedding magnets. The rotor core includes inner bridges and outer bridges. At least one of the inner bridges and the outer bridges of the rotor core is made of an amorphous soft magnetic material, and other parts are made of a nanocrystal soft magnetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumitaka Yoshinaga, Akira Yamashita, Airi Kamimura, Kazuaki Haga, Kensuke Komori
  • Patent number: 11177704
    Abstract: An interior permanent magnet motor includes a stator provided with a plurality of slots and a rotor rotatably disposed inside the stator. A plurality of permanent magnets of the same polarity are disposed at equal intervals in a circumferential direction inside the rotor. A plurality of flux bathers are provided on left and right sides of one end of each of the plurality of permanent magnets adjacent to an outer circumferential surface of the rotor. A ratio of a number of slots of the stator to a number of magnetic poles of the rotor is 3:2 or 3:4. The number of permanent magnets provided in the rotor is ½ of the number of magnetic poles of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Taeho Yoon, Junseok Kim, Hyungchul Lee, Byoungsoo Ko, Hongseok Kim
  • Patent number: 11165306
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine includes: an oil reception part that has an opening opposed to an injection hole designed to inject ATF into the atmospheric pressure inside a housing; and an oil reservoir that communicates with the oil reception part via a communicating hole provided in a wall part and communicates with a rotor cooling oil channel of a shaft via a cooling oil lead-in hole provided in the wall part. Since ATF having flowed out of the oil reception part flows along an inner face of the wall part of a second housing by gravity and reaches a bearing, one ATF supply route can be used both for cooling a rotor and lubricating a bearing, whereby the ATF supply route can be simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu Yoshinori, Masaya Inoue, Yoshiaki Kitta
  • Patent number: 11146137
    Abstract: A coil insulation structure for a rotating machine provided in the present invention is based on a conventional insulation technology. In particular, tooth portions of an iron core in which coil windings are inserted have a straight tooth structure without a shoe portion, and a component with an insulation effect is further added at a position of an opening of a groove in which the coil winding is located, so that an insulation effect is improved, and at the same time an added insulation component is used to ensure a thickness and a size of an inner layer located at a position adjacent to an air gap of a motor when the coil winding is encapsulated, thereby improving product quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: HIWIN MIKROSYSTEM CORP.
    Inventors: Chia-Siang Lien, Cheng-Hsun Pan, Ming-Chih Lai
  • Patent number: 11146131
    Abstract: Composite rotors provided herein include a rotor body extending along a longitudinal axis including a first component extending longitudinally along at least a portion of the rotor body and a second component extending longitudinally along at least a portion of the rotor body, at least a portion of the second component disposed concentrically around the first component, wherein the first component and the second component together define an internal region, wherein a radial thickness of the first component and a radial thickness of the second component vary along the longitudinal axis. The composite rotor also includes at least one magnet disposed on an inner surface of at least one of the first component or the second component within the internal region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Helix Power Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew L. Lazarewicz, Jay L. Cummings
  • Patent number: 11139712
    Abstract: A motor includes a connector detachably connected with an external cable and a resin sealing member which covers the connector. The connector includes a frame part into which a cable side connector is to be inserted and a step part on an outer peripheral face of the frame part. A shape of the step part when viewed in the inserting direction is a ring shape. The resin sealing member covers the connector from the front side and exposes an end face of the step part of the frame part and a portion of the frame part on the rear side to the step part end face to the outside, and an outer peripheral face of the resin sealing member is provided with an outer peripheral face portion which surrounds the frame part and is continuously connected with the step part end face without a step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Masaki Harada
  • Patent number: 11139713
    Abstract: A brushless motor stator includes a stator core and a stator winding. The stator core has a stator frame, a coil carrier and multiple pole shoes. The coil carrier is mounted on one of the two openings of the stator frame and has a tooth base and multiple teeth. The teeth are formed on a top surface of the tooth base. The pole shoes are formed on the inner annular surface of the stator frame. The stator winding is formed by using a single wire to wind around the tooth base, the multiple teeth and the multiple pole shoes, and passing through three of the multiple slots of the coil carrier to extend beyond the outer annular surface of the stator frame to form three extended segments to correspond to U-phase, V-phase and W-phase output terminals of a motor, thereby reducing the number of spot-welding on a wiring board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Techway Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong Fang Chen, Wei-Ting Chen, Wei Lin Hsu, Ju-Sheng Cheng
  • Patent number: 11128192
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator a rotor, and a guide member. The stator includes a stator core and multiphase coils wound on the stator core. The guide member is arranged on an end of the stator core located at one side in an axial direction to glide a terminal wire of the multiphase coils wound on the stator core. The guide member includes an outlet guide that draws the terminal wire out of the guide member toward a circuit board. The outlet guide includes insertion holes into which the terminal wire is inserted. The insertion holes each include an inlet located toward the stator core and an outlet. The inlet has a larger open area than the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Hotta, Motoki Uehama